Hebrew - English Dictionary
H8659 - Tarshish
| Strong's No.: | H8659 |
| Hebrew: | תַּרְשִׁישׁ |
| Transliteration: | Tarshîysh |
| Phonetic: | tar-sheesh' |
| Word Origin: | Probably the same as H8658 (as the region of the {stone} or the reverse) |
| Bible Usage: | {Tarshish} Tharshish. |
| Strongs Definition: | {Tarshish} a place on the {Mediterranean} hence the epithet of a merchant vessel (as if for or from that port); also the name of a Persian and of an Israelite |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" n pr m 1. son of Javan 2. a Benjamite, son of Bilhan 3. one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia n pr loc 4. a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee a. site unknown but perhaps in Cyprus or Spain 5. a city somewhere near and accessible to the Red Sea to which ships constructed at Ezion-geber on the Elanitic Gulf on the Red Sea were to sail |
| Bible References:
Tarshish |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
Tarshish ( 23 )
Tharshish ( 4 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.